Railway-tie.



S. A. DUKE.

RAILWAY TIE.

APPLICATION FILED APR.21. 19x5.

Patented July 6, 1915.

COLUMBIA PMNQORAPH C0 WASHINGTON, D. C.

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SALATI-IIEL A. DUKE, or REINIBEGK, IOWA.

RAILWAY-TIE.

Specification of Iietters latent.

Application filed April 21, 1915. Serial No. 22,937.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SALATHIEL A. DUKE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Reinbeck, in the county of Grundy and State of Iowa, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements-in Railway-Ties, of whichthe following. is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings.

My present invention relates to new and useful improvements in metallicrailway ties and as its primary object aims to provide a tie which is ofrelatively simple construction and may, therefore, be cheaplymanufactured and is so designed that it may be quickly applied to orremoved from the road bed.

A further and more specific object of the invention is to provide ametallic tie which consists essentially intwo rectangular rail basereceiving plateswhich are accompanied by integrally formed rail baseengaging aws and a connecting member.

The above, and other incidental objects of a similar nature, which willbe hereinafter more specifically treated are accomplished by such meansas are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, described in thefollowing specification, and then more particularly pointed out in theclaims which are appended hereto and form part of this application.

With reference to the drawings, wherein there has been illustrated thepreferred embodiment of this invention, as it is reduced to practice,and throughout the several views of which similar reference numeralsdesignate corresponding parts, Figure 1 is a top plan view; Fig. 2 is alongitudinal section; and Fig. 3 is adetail view in top plan of amodified form of connecting member of the rail base receiving plates.

Referring now particularly to Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings, itwill be seen that the tie includes as its essential elements, a pair ofrail base receiving plates 10 and 11, and a connecting member 12, bymeans of which the plates are firmly and securely held in the desiredspaced relation to each other for supporting the rails in the propermanner.

The rail base receiving plates 10 and 11 are similar in construction andformation, each being thickened at its central portion and provided onthe upper face thereof with the rail base engaging jaws 13. Thesemembers 13 are formed aslan integralpart fv the plates, are transverselyspaced thereon, and arranged with their adjacent terminalslongitudinally spaced. The purpose in thus arranging the jaws is 'topermit the plate to be disposed diagonally with respect to the railbase, so that this membermay be disposed between the jaws and. tofurther permlt the tur-ningofthe plate to atransverse position withrespect to the rail base sothat p the jaws will engage overthe edgeportions of the base. Adjacent each term'inal ofthe plate is formed-apair of transversely alined apertures, as indicated at 14.] Theapertures at the outer end of each plate are-designed to receiverelatively long boat spikes 15.

which are driven into the road bed and serve to hold the outer; ends oftheiplates against shifting. 1 r 9 The connecting member for the; railreceiving-plate's, heretofore: designated by "the 1f numeral 12 consistsin a pair, of crossed arms 16 and 17 which areconnected by weld:

ing at their centers and are arranged to form an X. The terminals ofthesearm are bent at right angles, producing relatively long spikes 181which are adapted to be'inserted inthe apertures at the inner andadjacent" ends of the plates. It will be readily observed that thecrossed rods serve to rigidly connect the plates, holding them againstboth turning and longitudinal movement with respect to each other. Thespikes 18 are a sufficient length to bite firmly into the road bed forholding the inner ends of the plates against shifting.

In the modified form of connecting member shown in Fig. 3, I haveprovided an X- shaped body member 19, the terminals of the arms of whichare provided with threaded sockets which receive the threaded terminalsof the rods20. These rods 20 are provided 'at their outer ends withspikes similar to the members 18 and form continuations of the arms ofthe X. Thus in reality, the body member 19 together with the rods 20constitute a connecting member which is similar to the member 16, exceptthat the rods 20 may be adjusted as to their when the present tie isemployed, for the rail receiving plates being relatively wide and long,constitute supporting surfaces of sufficient area to insure the propersupport of the rails.

- In reduction to practice, it has been found that the form of thisinvention illustrated in the drawings, and referred to in the abovedescription as the preferred embodiment, is the most eflicient andpractical; yet realizing that the conditions concurrent with theadoption of this device will necessarily vary, it is desirable toemphasize the fact that various minor changes in the details ofconstruction, proportion and arrangement of parts may be resorted to,when required, without sacrificing any of the advantages of thisinvention, as defined by the appended claims.

What is claimed is 1. A metallic railway tie including a pair of railbase receiving plates disposed in transversely spaced relation to eachother with respect to the road bed, and means connecting the adjacentterminals of the plates, said means consisting of apair of crossed rodshaving rectangularly bent terminals insertible in the plates and intoengagement with the road bed.

2. A metallic railway tie including a pair of rail base receiving platesdisposed in transversely spaced relation to each other with respect tothe road bed, and a pair of crossed rods rigidly connecting the adjacentGopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe terminals of the plates, said rods being provided with terminalspikes adapted to engage in theroad bed for holding the plates againstmovement thereon.

3. A metallic railway tie including a pair of rail base receivingplates, and a connecting member for maintaining the plates intransverselv spaced relation to each other with respect to the road bed,said connecting member including an X-shaped body provided in theterminals of its arms with threaded sockets, and a plurality of rodshaving their inner ends threaded into the sockets and their outer endsprovided with right-angularly extending spikes adapted to pass throughthe rail receiving plates and into the road bed.

4. A metallic railway tie including a pair of rail base receivingplates, and a connecting member for maintaining the plates intransversely spaced relation to each other with respect to the road bed,said connecting member including an X-shaped body member provided in theterminals of its arms with threaded sockets, and a plurality of rodshaving their inner ends threaded into the sockets and having their outerends secured to the plates.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

SALATHIEL A. DUKE. Witnesses i E. P. BIEBER,

L. H. McGREW.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, I). C.

